(a) Prescriptions authorized by a nurse-midwife must comply
with all applicable state and federal laws; must be signed by the
prescriber with the initials "C.N.M."; and must include the
prescriber's identification number assigned by the board.

(b) Prescriptive authorization shall be terminated if the
nurse-midwife has:

(1) Not maintained current authorization as a nurse-midwife;
or

(2) Prescribed outside the nurse-midwife's scope of practice
or has prescribed drugs for other than therapeutic purposes; or

(3) Has not filed verification of a collaborative agreement
with the board.

(c) Prescriptive authority for a nurse-midwife must be renewed
biennially. Documentation of eight contact hours of pharmacology
during the previous two years must be submitted at the time of
renewal.

(d) The board shall notify the board of pharmacy and the board
of medicine within twenty-four hours after termination of, or
change in, a nurse-midwife's prescriptive authority.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2014 1st Special Session
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